Document 6606617

Oct. 10, 1944.
R. G_ BRlGHT
2,360,194
BEVERAGE MAKING EQUIPMENT
Filed NOV. 27, 1943
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Inventor
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Oct. 10,-~ 1944.
R. G. BRIGHT
2,360,194
BEVERAGE MAKING EQUIPMENT
Filed Nov. 27, 1943
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Oct. 10, 1944.
R. s. BRIGHT
2,360,194
BEVERAGE MAKING EQUIPMENT
Filed Nov. 27, 1945 '
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
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BEVERAGE-MAKINGIEQUIPMENT
Raymond G. Bright, El Paso, Tex. ,
Application November 27, 1943, Serial No. 512,071
2 Claims.
(01. 99-291)
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This .invention relates to beverage-making
uid co?ee receptacles 6 are provided within the
equipment utilizing hot water, and more particuboiler 5, and suitable foraminous ground coffee
larly to that suitable for the making of coffee and
receptacles are supported within the upper P01‘
similar drinks.
tions of, the liquid co?ee receptacles 6, as at ‘I.
The primary object of the invention is to pro~ 5 The liquid coifee receptacles 6 have covers 8, and
vide equipment for making coffee more e?i-ciently
the water in boiler 5 isheated by a suitable
by providing automatically controlled means for
burner 9. Faucets l0 are provided on the outside
circulating the coffee liquid.
of the casing and are connected to the liquid
A further object is to provide a special control
co?‘ee receptacle 6 for the withdrawal of liquid
means for the liquid circulating means, whereby 10 coffee therefrom. A similar faucet H is provided
the equipment may be operated in a most desir-
on the outside of casing 5 between the co?ee re
able manner,
ceptacles 6 for the withdrawal of hot water from
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In the usual coffee urn equipment, arrangethe boiler. Suitable liquid coffee gauges and 8
ment is made for the manual feeding of hot wawater gauge may be provided to be read from the
ter and the coffee liquid to the ground co?'ee re- 15 exterior of the casing in a well known manner.
ceptacle, The present invention eliminates the
dangerous and di?lcult feature_s of making coil’ee
In combination with the foregoing structure, I
provide a three-Way control Valve l2. Preferably
in urns by providing a means for circulating the
0f the rotatable core type, two of whose inlet
hot water or liquid coffee for wetting the ground
ports are respectively connected by Pipes '3 with
coffee, which means requires the simplest ma- 20 the connections of faucets HI to the receptacles 8,
nipulation to cause it to direct the hot water and
as at M- The Other inlet of valve 12 is connected
co?'ee liquid through their routine of processing.
by a pipe 45 with the connection between faucet
The present invention consists in the novel
I" and easing 5, as at is. A pump I1 is Suitably
form, combination and arrangement of parts ‘
mounted below valve '2 and has its inlet 53 con
hereinafter more fully described, shown in the 25 nected with the outlet IQ of valve l2 by means of
accompanying drawings and claimed.
a pipe ill. A discharge pipe 2! extends from the
In the drawings, wherein like reference charoutlet of pump ll under the boiler 5 and then
acters indicate corresponding parts throughout
upwardly in back of the latter to a point- above
the Several views;
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the top of the same where it is equipped with a
Figure 1 is an elevational view of coffee-mak- an horizontally swinging SWiveled Outlet spent 22
ing equipment of the urn type constructed in acThe spout 22 is arranged so that it may be swung
cordance with the present invention,
either to a position with its discharge end over
Figure 2 is an enlarged View showing the spe-
- the top of one liquid co?ee receptacle 6 or to a
cial control valve forming part of the equipment
of Figure 1, with the cover plate of the valve cas- ; Cl
ing removed and the rotatable valve member in
section.
Figure 3 is a, top plan view of the equipment
Shown in Figure 1,
Figure 4 is a fragmentary view partly in eleva- 40
tion and partly in vertical section, the view being
position with its discharge end over the top of the
other liquid coffee receptacle 5- Thus, liquid dis
Charged from Spout 22 may be directed into the
top of either liquid coil’ee receptacle, as desired.
An electric motor 23 is mounted adjacent
pump l7 and is used to drive the pump I‘! through
a belt gearing 24, Or the like. A manual switch
25 is provided to control the Supply of current to
on an enlarged scale to more clearly Show the
one contact of a pair of coacting contacts 21 and
control valve, the liquid circulating pump, and
the driving motor for the pump_
27a of a ?oat-actuated switch 26. Switch 28
further includes a lever 28 pivoted in and ex
_ Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the plane 45
of line 5—5 of Figure 3, and
Figure 6 is a View partly diagrammatic and
partly sectional, showing the control switch for
the pump driving motor.
For purposes of illustration, I show an um 50
having an outer casing 5 which forms a boiler in
which water is adapted to be maintained at a
suitable level and to which the water is supplied
by the usual water inlet pipe, not shown, leading from a water source of supply, Spaced liq- 55
tendlng upwardly through the top of the caslhg of
said switch 26, the short lower arm of'lever 28
being extended downwardly to causenormal en
easement 0f the pair of Contacts provided at 21
and 27% Thus, by Swinging lever 28 in either
direction, the contact at 21a may be allowed to
Spring away from contact 21 so as to open the
circuit of motor 23 at this point. In either case,
the switch 25 will of course have to be closed in
order that the engagement of the contacts 2‘!
and '21a may render the motor operative.
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Guided for vertical movement in the upper
portions of the receptacles 6 are ?oat rods 23
having ?oats 3| above the ground coffee recep
tacles ‘I. The upper ends of ?oat rods 23 slid
ably project through the covers 3 and are loosely
and pivotally connected with the opposite ends
of a further lever 32 fixed intermediate its ends
upon a supporting rock shaft journaled in brack
et 33 mounted on top of the casing 5. This
rock shaft has a depending arm 34 ?xed there 10
on, and the lower end of this arm is loosely and
pivotally connected to the upper end of switch‘
lever 28 by a pin and slot connection 33.
The rotatable core of valve I2 is shown at 33,
tacle 3, the brewing operation being completed
by simply circulating the liquid coffee through
the coffee grounds in receptacle 1 until comple
tion of the operation. It will be understood that '
while coffee is being made in the receptacle 6,
coffee may be dispensed from the right hand re
ceptacle 6. When desired, the same brewing
operation may be carried on.with respect to the
right hand receptacle 8.
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From the foregoing description, it is believed
that the construction and operation of the pres
ent invention, as well as the advantages thereof,
will be readily understood and appreciated by
those skilled in the art. ‘Minor changes in the
details of construction illustrated and described
and an indicator including a pointer 31 mov 15 are contemplated, such as fairly fall within the
able with the valve member 36 is provided on
spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.
the outside of the casing of valve 12 to show the
What I claim as new is:
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position of said valve member 33, so that the
1. Beverage making equipment comprising a
desired ?ow of liquid may be surely obtained
20 liquid coffee receptacle, a ground coffee recep
upon operation of this control valve.
tacle in the upper portion of said liquid co?ee
In use, water is supplied to boiler 3 and heated
receptacle, a. boiler, a pump having a discharge
by burner 9. By lifting and laterally swinging
pipe, and an electric driving motor, said dis
the cover 8 ‘of the left hand receptacle 3, a
charge pipe being adapted to discharge into the
ground coffee receptacle ‘I containing ground
liquid coffee receptacle above the ground coffee
coffee may be placed in position at the top of 25 receptacle, pipe connections and a manually op
" said receptacle Ii. The valve I2 is then operated
erable control valve for selectively placing the
so as to provide communication between the
boiler and pump II by way of pipes i5 and 20,
the valve member 33 being positioned as shown
inlet of said pump in communication with the '
boiler or in communication with the liquid coffee
receptacle, a, normally closed switch for con
in Figure 2. Switch 25 is then operated so that 30 trolling the circuit of said motor at one point,
the circuit of- motor 23 will_be closed, where
a ?oat arranged in the liquid co?‘ee receptacle
upon said motor drives pump “ for drawing the
above the ground coffee receptacle and opera
hot water from boiler 5 and discharging it
tively connected to said switch for opening the
through pipe 2| and spout 22 into the top of
circuit of said motor at said point when the
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receptacle 6 whose cover has been previously
water or liquid coffee supplied by the pump to
opened and over which the spout 22 has been , the ground coffee receptacle ?lls the latter and
swung, as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1
rises above the same and for closing the circuit
and 3. As the hot water will discharge from
at said point when the level of said supplied
spout 22 faster than it will seep through the
40 water or liquid coffee lowers into the ground
ground coffee in the receptacle 1, the level of
coffee receptacle by seeping through the latter,
liquid will rise above the latter so that it will act
and a manually operable switch for controlling
upon the ?oat 3| to raise the associated ?oat rod
the motor circuit at another point.
29 and swing lever 32 in a direction to cause
2. Beverage making equipment comprising a
arm 34 to swing to the left of Figure 6. When
boiler, two liquid coffee receptacles within the
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this occurs, contact 21a is permitted to disen
boiler, ground coffee receptacles in the upper
gage from contact 21 so as to open the motor
portions of said liquid coffee receptacles, a pump
circuit and discontinue the operation of pump
having a discharge pipe and an electric driving
H and the supply of hot water to the left hand
receptacle 6. When the level of water in re
ceptacle ‘I of this left hand liquid coffee recep
tacle 6 lowers, ?oat 31 will lower so as to auto
motor, said discharge pipe having a horizontally
swinging swiveled discharge spout movable to
discharge into either desired one of said liquid
coffee receptacles above the ground coffee re
matically cause engagement of the contact 21a _ ceptacles thereof, pipe connections and a manu
with contact 21 again, thereby rendering the
ally operable control valve for selectively placing
motor 23 operative again for resuming the sup
the inlet of said pump in communication with
ply of hot water to the left hand receptacle 3. 55 the
boiler or either desired one of said liquid
This cycle is repeated as long as necessary to
coffee receptacles, a normally closed switch for
complete the coffee brewing operation, where
controlling the circuit of said motor at one point,
upon switch 25 is manually opened, the lid 3
?oats arranged in the liquid coffee receptacles
of left hand receptacle 6 is closed, and spout 22'
above the ground coffee receptacles thereof and
is swung out of the way. However, during this
operatively connected to said switch for open
cycle of operation, and a short time after the
ing the circuit of said motor at said point when
brewing operation has ,been'started, the valve
the water or liquid coffee supplied by the pump
l2 will be operated to disconnect pipe 20 from
to either ground co?fee receptacle fllls'the latter
pipe 15 and connect it with pipe l3 of the left
and rises above the same and for closing the cir
hand receptacle 3 so that in the remainder of 05 cuit at said point when the level of said supplied
the brewing operation, the liquid coffee will be
re-circulated or drawnfrom the left. hand re
ceptacle 6 and returned to the top thereof
water or liquid coffee lowers into said ground
coffee receptacle by seeping through the latter,
and a manually operable switch for controlling
the motor circuit at another point.
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hot water is drawn from the boiler to make the
RAYMOND G. BRIGHT.
necessary amount of liquid coffee in the recep
through spout 22. In other words, only enough